Episode 175: The Unexpected Life & Difficult Decisions That Came With Infertility with Claire Sandys

In today’s episode I interview Claire Sandys, who co-hosts The Silent Why podcast with her husband Chris. Claire is an aspiring writer, blogger, Earl Grey tea drinker and lover of baked beans on toast. 

I met Claire because I heard about her podcast in a podcast community and reached out to her to recommend one of my past guests as a guest for her show. In that process, I learned she’d be a good fit for Not Your Average Lives so here we are!

Claire has a touching story about losing the life that she thought she’d have: being a mom. And she openly shares her journey from an early marriage, to deciding to start a family, to finding out it was unlikely they’d get pregnant on their own, to contemplating and rejecting IVF, to contemplating and rejecting adoption, and to ultimately dealing with her own health issues that led to a hysterectomy and early menopause, before age 40..

In this episode, we talked about:

• Their childless journey and the hard decisions that came with it.
• Why they decided against IVF and adoption.
• How their podcast came to be and why it‘s called “The Silent Why.” 

Claire and Chris started their podcast to highlight 101 different types of loss and the human stories behind those losses, including how hope surfaces after even the most tragic losses. Claire hopes to inspire listeners to know that it's ok to follow a path that is different than what society expects :- a mother, a career woman,, in control, sorted, perky all the time, and their version of successful (which may be quite different than yours!). 

Click on any of the links below to learn more about Claire and connect with her:

Website: www.thesilentwhy.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thesilentwhypodcast

Instagram: www.instagram.com/thesilentwhypod

If you'd like to connect or reach out to ME, you can find me at:

Website: https://www.notyouraveragegrandma.com     

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